T. D. P.

_Hexameter on English Counties_ (Vol. v., p. 227.).--The lines referred

to by M. are to be found in Grey's _Memoria Technica_ and Lowe's

_Memories_, p. 172., and runs thus:

"Nor cum-dúr: we La-yórk: che-de-not-line: shrop sta-le-rut norf:

Hér-wo-wa-nórtha: Bed-hunt-cámb-suff: mon-gl-óxfo-buck-hart-ess:

Som-wilt-bérk-Middlesex: corn-dev-dors-hámp-Surrey-Kent Suss."

"Such as are contiguous southward are joined, as in we la:

Such as are contiguous westward are hyphened, as che-de."

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